Amazon pulls the plug on its first AAA game, ‘Crucible’

Posted on 10/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Earlier this year Amazon tried to make a splash with its first AAA title, a free-to-play shooter called Crucible that was originally announced in 2016. The six-on-six multiplayer game launched in May but quickly returned to beta status as developers...

Amazon’s ‘New World’ MMO is delayed again

Posted on 10/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Amazon is once delaying its upcoming colonial online RPG New World (via PCGamer). The company's Amazon Games studio says it now plans to release the game sometime in the spring of 2021. It's also delaying the title's final beta test to that same time...

Amazon’s ‘Crucible’ returns to closed beta to rework gameplay

Posted on 30/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Amazon’s Crucible had a rough launch, to put it mildly, and the developers are taking the unusual step of rolling back the game’s availability to give it a second chance. Relentless and Amazon are returning the multiplayer shooter to closed beta as o...

Amazon extends ‘Crucible’ pre-season indefinitely to refine gameplay

Posted on 07/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Do you think that Amazon’s Crucible needs some polish before it can compete with the current crop of team-based shooters? So does Amazon. The Relentless Studios development team has extended (via Eurogamer and PCGamesN) the title’s pre-season period...

Amazon’s free-to-play shooter ‘Crucible’ is now available on Steam

Posted on 21/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Amazon Games has officially launched Crucible, one of the two titles it’s been planning to release this year. The free-to-play third-person shooter is now available on Steam, and logging in before 11:59 PM PST on June 1st/2:59AM EST on June 2nd will...

‘Crucible’ proves that Amazon is finally serious about video games

Posted on 19/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Amazon does seemingly everything. The e-commerce giant has a foothold in audiobooks, fresh groceries, Netflix-style video streaming and oh-so-much-more. It’s no surprise, therefore, that the company wants to widen its influence in the video game indu...

Amazon’s free-to-play hero shooter ‘Crucible’ arrives May 20th

Posted on 05/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Amazon Games' long-in-the-works hero shooter will be available in just a couple of weeks. It'll release Crucible, which it announced at TwitchCon 2016, on May 20th. Amazon’s Relentless Studios developed the free-to-play PC game.You'll play as one of...

‘Destiny 2’ March update brings the thrill back to competitive play

Posted on 02/02/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

Bungie has spent much of its recent time addressing gripes with Destiny 2's story and cooperative play, but players in the competitive Crucible mode? Not so much -- some have complained that the Crucible just isn't that exciting, and the infamous Pro...

Bungie is banning Destiny’s biggest cheaters

Posted on 18/11/2016 by Engadget RSS Feed

As video game makers continue to incorporate more online and multiplayer elements into their games, they need to give special consideration to how they deal with cheaters. Consoles are locked down by default, meaning players have fewer tools to manip...

‘Destiny’ player matching focuses more on good connections

Posted on 26/01/2016 by Jon Fingas

Destiny's Crucible multiplayer mode can be a blast... up until you're lumped into a match so laggy that you may lose simply because your rivals keep jumping around. That might not be a problem after this week, though. Bungie is trying out a matchmaki...

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